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The Quebec Press Council has condemned a columnist from one of Quebec’s most-read news outlets over false claims that a McGill professor supported “symbolic” circumcision on girls.

Some imperfections pay big dividends. A Cornell-led collaboration used X-ray nanoimaging to gain an unprecedented view into solid-state electrolytes, revealing previously undetected crystal defects and dislocations that may now be leveraged to create superior energy storage materials. The group’s paper, “X-ray Nanoimaging of Crystal Defects in Single Grains of Solid-State Electrolyte Li7-3xAlxLa3Zr2O12,” published April 29 in Nano Letters, a publication of the American Chemical Society. T...

  MONTREAL -- The curfew imposed across Quebec in a bid to quell the spread of COVID-19 is coming under renewed scrutiny as public health experts question whether residents will still be willing to comply with the measure as the days grow longer. The curfew -- which came into effect in early January -- has corresponded with a steep decline in the number of new COVID-19 cases reported daily in the province. It also appears to have broad public support, with 70 per cent of Quebecers in favou...

Article content With the promise of more generous supplies and millions of Canadians to be vaccinated by late spring, many are asking, “what happens after I’ve had my shots?” The official guidance from Canada’s national immunization advisory committee remains that “all individuals should continue to practice recommended public health measures” — distancing, masking and isolation and quarantine if exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID — regardless of vaccination. We a...

Hidden for a Century, a Susan B. Anthony Portrait Is Found Last year, David Whitcomb bought a building for $100,000 in Geneva, N.Y. He discovered a trove of photographs tucked away in the attic. David Whitcomb with some of the items he found in a building he bought last year. The photographs and equipment appeared to belong to James Ellery Hale, a successful portrait photographer.Credit...David Whitcomb Published Feb. 12, 2021Updated Feb. 13, 2021 In December, David Whitcomb and a friend were o...